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    The Sakhalin Island taiga ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0607) covers most of Sakhalin Island, the largest island of Russia, which is separated from the mainland...
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  • Siberian taiga (Russia) Okhotsk-Manchurian taiga (Russia) Sakhalin Island taiga (Russia) Scandinavian and Russian taiga (Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden) Trans-Baikal...
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    Taiga (/ˈtaɪɡə/; Russian: тайга́), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines...
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    Russia and Scandinavia to the vast taiga, the boreal coniferous forests which run across the continent. South of the taiga are a belt of temperate broadleaf...
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    The eastern edge is the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sakhalin Gulf. To the north is the East Siberian taiga ecoregion, a colder region of larch forest and less...
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    island of Hokkaidō is located in the north of Japan, near Russia (Sakhalin Oblast). It has coastlines on the Sea of Japan (to the west of the island)...
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    Nivkh people (category Sakhalin)
    Ниғвңгун, Nʼiɣvŋgun (E. Sakhalin) "the people"), are an Indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the northern half of Sakhalin Island and the lower Amur River...
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    Hokkaido (redirect from Hokkaido Island)
    ordinance-designated city. Sakhalin lies about 43 kilometres (27 mi) to the north of Hokkaidō, and to the east and northeast are the Kuril Islands, which are administered...
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    Realm - Tundra Biome: 1 North-east Antarctic Peninsula; 2 South Orkney Islands; 3 North-west Antarctic Peninsula; 4 Central south Antarctic Peninsula;...
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    A distinct subspecies roams the island of Sakhalin. World population: 230,000 Declining Russian Federation, Sakhalin population: 600–500 Declining Russian...
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